Donald Charles Monahan was born on Nov. 17, 1921 in Whitfield, New Hampshire and passed away on December 17, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Crosby and husband Christopher of Plano, Texas and son, Thomas Monahan and wife Judy of New Port Richie, Florida; grandchildren, Christopher J Crosby, Jr. and wife Tonja, Candace Peterson and husband, Jeffrey, Kelly, Michael, and Daniel Monahan, and five great grandchildren. The family requests that any donations be made to the Marit Peterson Fund for Melanoma Research at M D Anderson Cancer Center, PO Box 4470, Houston, TX 77210.